The Storytellers
St. Johns, FL
Gigi lost her job and her health insurance due to COVID-19 as well as contracted the virus herself. Now suffering with the lingering effects of COVID-19, she cannot afford the medical care she desperately needs.
Miami, FL
Johana, who has worked hard her whole life, lost her insurance due to the pandemic. She had to get tested for COVID-19 and now has a bill for over $500.
Miami, FL
Jeffery Burney is combating fear with science in his quest to get his community vaccinated for COVID-19.
North Miami, FL
Z.B. had been recently discharged from the hospital with COVID-19 when the bills started arriving. Altogether, she owes $30,000 in medical bills from the five days she spent tethered to an oxygen tank, struggling to breathe, as she was treated for COVID pneumonia.
Orlando, FL
Before COVID-19 hit Central Florida, Michael Smith scraped together a living running his own small business. He doesn’t have health insurance but has medical needs, including asthma he manages on his own.
Miami, FL
Health insurance benefits are a job perk Julie Verschoore enjoyed as a marketing account executive. But when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, her job and her health insurance ended.
Miami, FL
Edwin Rivera, age 24, knows he would probably die if he returned to his native Honduras but some days the struggle and worry his family endures in Miami has him considering the risk.
Tampa, FL
After a lifetime of security and serenity living in her own home, Kelly Percival’s life was jolted into crisis after an unfortunate accident left her hobbling and a global pandemic left her unemployed.
Miami, FL
Before COVID-19, Adriana, a 60-year-old resident of downtown Miami, had been working hard as a waitress--in spite of serious health problems.
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Contact us if you or a family member need health care and are:
- Impacted by Covid-19.
- Struggling with injury or illness, including mental illness.
- A low-income worker.
- A parent of a minor child.
- An uninsured Floridian between the ages of 50-64.
Sharing your story --in your words and your voice-- is part of the solution. Together we'll make the case that it's time for everyone to have affordable health care.
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